PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stalin Starksson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Iskar Jarak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Starksson's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, War is my destiny. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Starksson
vs
Jarak

150 cm
18
264 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

190 cm
19
225 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Core Tokyo

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Stalin Starksson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Iskar Jarak!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Elvis Blanc and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jarak connects with a looping right hand.
Jarak bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A punch combination from Jarak misses.
Jarak misses with a straight right.

Starksson scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Starksson lands some shots froms side control.
Jarak is trying to get back to half guard.
Jarak is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Jarak regains half guard.
Jarak really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Starksson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Jarak taking some punishment here, with Starksson in his half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Starksson lands a nice short elbow.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Starksson lands a nice short elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Starksson wants to take a breather but Jarak is having none of it.
Starksson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Jarak defending well though.
Jarak is trying to get back to full guard.
Starksson lands strikes from half guard.
Starksson scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Starksson trying to control the action but Jarak is working from the bottom.
Starksson not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Starksson is looking to stall here but Jarak recovers full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jarak looking to hit a scissor sweep but Starksson is one step ahead there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Starksson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Jarak is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Starksson is controlling him.
Starksson controlling from the top position.
Starksson trying to control but Jarak is working from the bottom.
Starksson landing with the ground and pound.
Starksson tries to free his leg and advance position but Jarak is retaining full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jarak keeping moving, preventing Starksson from controlling successfully.
Starksson might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Jarak had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Starksson defends it easily.
Starksson scoring with some ground and pound.
Starksson is working Jarak over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Jarak wants to stand up but Starksson is controlling him.
Starksson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Starksson looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Starksson lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Starksson could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Starksson is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Starksson content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Jarak keeping moving, preventing Starksson from controlling successfully.

Jarak kicks Starksson off and gets to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stalin Starksson dominated that round.
That's time! Starksson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Nice takedown defense from Jarak. No joy for Starksson on that attempt.
A combination from Jarak does no damage.
Jarak misses with a wild combination.
Iskar Jarak seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jarak fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

Starksson closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Starksson prevents Jarak from standing back up.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Starksson connects with a nice short shot to Jarak's temple.
Starksson stalling away here and it's allowed Jarak to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Starksson lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Starksson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Starksson prevents Jarak from getting back to his feet.
Jarak working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Starksson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jarak looking to hit a scissor sweep but Starksson is one step ahead there.
Starksson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Starksson content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Starksson working some strikes from top position.
Starksson sitting in guard here, content to control.
Jarak wants to sweep but no luck.
Starksson passes Jarak's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Starksson trying to control from half guard but Jarak is working away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Starksson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Starksson is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Starksson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Jarak with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Jarak is trying to stand up here but Starksson is controlling him well.
Jarak keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Starksson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Starksson winds up and cracks Jarak with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Starksson thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Starksson wants to control but Jarak is keeping him busy.
Starksson stops Jarak from getting back to his feet.
Starksson working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Starksson works his way into side control.
Jarak is breathing heavily.

Starksson is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Jarak knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Jarak is not content to let Starksson control the position.
Jarak taking punishment in the form of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Starksson landing a few strikes.
Jarak is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Starksson landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Starksson throws a strike aimed at the side of Jarak's head but Jarak avoids it well.
Jarak pushes Starksson away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Starksson gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Starksson trying to control the position but Jarak is working away.

Starksson is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Jarak has escaped the position, nice work there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stalin Starksson dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Jarak misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
No joy there for Jarak, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
No joy there for Jarak, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Starksson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Jarak but Jarak pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Starksson dodges the punch combination from Jarak.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Starksson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Some wild striking there from Jarak.
Jarak displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Starksson.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stalin Starksson. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Starksson changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Jarak looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

Starksson in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Jarak is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Stalin Starksson!